Saturday, February 19, 2011

One dead and scores wounded by army gunfire in Bahrain

Bahraini soldiers on Friday shot indiscriminately into the demonstrators on their way peacefully to the Pearl Plaza, in downtown Manama, Bahrain's capital, as reported to ELMUNDO. is medical sources. At least one person has died and dozens were injured, three of them very serious, by army fire, which used live ammunition against unarmed civilians.

The protesters returning from the funeral in tribute to the five killed in the brutal police charge against a protest camp took place at dawn on Thursday when they were struck by gunfire from the soldiers and they used tear gas against them the riot police. Despite the brutality employed by the army, the crown prince of Bahrain, Salman Ben Hamad Al Khalifa said Bahrain "has never been a police state" and announced his intention to discuss the opposition when quiet is restored in the country.

"Bahrain is undergoing a state of division and unacceptable. Many countries have experienced a similar situation, but the parties ended up meet and discuss everything from calm," said the crown prince on state television, reports France Presse. Hours later, the king of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince asked to launch and a dialog with all parties, "according to Reuters.

In the morning, were the supporters of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who took to the streets of downtown Manama to show their support for the monarch. Supporters of al-Khalifa had created a long convoy of cars from which chanted his name and showed his portraits and flags of the country.

Supporters of Al Khalifa belong to the upper class and are mostly Sunnis. Among the banners displayed, highlighted a number in which harshly criticized the BBC and the foreign press in general. "BBC does not do politics! BBC, begins to tell the truth!" Could be read on the posters. The convoy did not go along with the Plaza of the Pearl of Manama, the anti-regime demonstrators wanted to turn in their particular Tahrir.

Bahraini security forces violently threw yesterday everyone who camped there and now is surrounded by tanks. At the same time, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Douraz, the village's large Shiite spiritual leader Ahmed Issa Tassa, who harangued the masses during the Friday prayer: "The use of violence by the regime does not make sense because will silence us.

They are trying to create a sectarian divide to see the other as an enemy. " To which the crowd responded: "Brothers, Shiites and Sunnis, this country is not for sale!". The most revered Shiite spiritual leader of Bahrain called "slaughter and savagery" the police assault against Pearl Plaza, which killed at least four people dead and nearly 300 injured.

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